ICE Theaters Black History Month Films
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For Immediate Release Contact: Adorn Lewis-Mitchell,312.318.9696
ICE Theaters Announces
Truth B Told Film Series Lineup for Black History MonthCelebrating Unsung Black Films and Filmmakers
CHICAGO (February 1, 2013) The art of storytelling for Blacks has its roots with
Illinoisan and independent cinema pioneer Oscar Micheaux, who was the first
African American to produce a feature-length film (The Homesteader) in 1919. At
17 years old, Micheauxmoved to Chicago and went on to make more than 30 films
over the next three decades.
Since that time, the number of Black filmmakers and directors has risen
exponentially. Today, Black directors are in demand and at the helm of some of
the top blockbuster and independent films, including: Spike Lee (Inside Man), John
Singleton (Four Brothers), Hughes Brothers (The Book of Eli), Denzel Washington
(American Gangster), Melvin Van Peebles (Baadasssss!), Malcolm D. Lee (The Best
Man), F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job), Steve McQueen (Shame), KasiLemmons
(Silence of the Lambs), Dee Rees (Pariah), Robert Townsend (The Five Heartbeats),
Suzanne de Passe, Lee Daniels (Precious), Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), Gina
Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball), Bill Duke (Not Easily Broken), Charles
Burnett (Killer of Sheep), Michael Schultz (The Last Dragon), Ernest Dickerson
(Bulletproof), Carl Franklin (Out of Time), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Bill Duke
(Hoodlum), and the list goes on.
ICE Theaters pays tribute to Black filmmakers and directors with Truth B
Told, its annualBlack History Month film series. The four-week program is a
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showcase of seldom seen classics and new indie films from around the world.
Truth B Told presents films by filmmakers who bring stories with compelling
content and a human dimension seldom presented in mainstream cinema. The
screenings
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provide a context for lively discussions as well as audience interaction and are
moderated by program director Floyd Webb, along with local scholars,
screenwriters and directors.
All screenings during Black History Month are held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
at ICE Lawndale 10 Theaters, located at 3330 W. Roosevelt Road, and featurespecial guests. Here is the Black History Month lineup:
Phunny Business: A Black Comedy (Feb. 6) Is a bittersweet valentine
to All Jokes Aside, a little known, but extremely influential, black-owned comedy
club. Comedy, race and Chicago politics collided at this cultural gem. The
humorous telling of this storyaims to provoke discussion and, in some small way,
promote a greater understanding between the races. In person: All Jokes Aside Co-
Founder Raymond Lambert, local comedians.
India from K-Town (Feb. 13) India Meadows, an inner city high school
senior, overcomes her devastating past when a top Chicago fashion designer,
Barbara Bates, makes a promise that changes her life forever. In person: Beverly
Price, Barbara Bates.
Beasts of the Southern Wild (Feb. 20) In a forgotten but defiant bayou
community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old
girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and
extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with
the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. In person: WVON
personalities.
The Wiz 35th Anniversary Sing-A-Long (Feb. 27) An urbanized retelling
of L. Frank Baums The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an entirely African-
American cast. The Wiz was adapted from the 1975 Broadway musical of the
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same name. With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell. In person: Tin
Man, Scarecrow, Lion.
In addition to Black History Month, ICE Theaters holds its ongoing Black
World Cinema series.These screenings are scheduled the first Wednesday of each
month at ICE Lawndale 10 Theaters, located at 3330 W. Roosevelt Road. For more
information, visit www.icetheaters.com.
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